What nobody tells you about losing weight
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Sp8zmanSpiff wrote: »treehugnmama wrote: »That you actually want to move your body.....I don't want to go to a movie I want to snowshoe or hike or skate even if it's an activity that isn't my fav still better than sitting around
That I need new friends.....friends that want do stuff other then sit and eat
Yep! If you want to be fit, hang out with fit people!
Larry Winget, author of "You're Broke Cause You Want To Be", and other self help books, suggests that if you want change in your life, you need to hang out with people that have already made the change to learn how to live like a person who had already been through the change. In that book, he suggests that if you want to have more money, hang out with people that aren't broke all the time - change your friends. In another part of the book he talks about how being broke is a 'state' that is brought upon yourself through your own actions or inactions and that all the 'states' (weight, fitness level, where you live, the job you have, education level, etc., etc.) in your life are in that state cause that is how you want them to be. Another way to say 'state' is outcome or result.
What I took away from the book was that if I wanted to change my fitness level, and weight, to hang out with people that were fit. So far it is working.
I'm also out of debt, cause I want to be.
There are many self help books on personal finance, I liked Larry's style of delivery more than the others. And, in case you are freaking out about how you don't want to be broke, Larry isn't talking about people that are scraping by on minimum wage, he's talking about middle class people that make 40k/year plus and are broke cause they over spend.
One flaw with hanging out with people who have money when your broke is you want to fit in so you spend more...
but I do agree that if you want to be fit and eat healthy, you can't hang out with people who eat badly..
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No one told me how much tracking calories would become such a big part of my life. Before I never bothered to check how many calories/what nutrients were in my food, now its something i do regularly. I do it so much that when I see a tag on a pair of socks and I have an instinct to check the back to see how many calories the socks are45
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xpinkrockrx wrote: »My hip bones hurt!!! Lol
I'm a side sleeper and it's starting to kill me.
I can't sleep on my stomach (or what's left of it) anymore. It helps to keep an extra pillow in the bed to provide some extra support when needed.
I have a minimum of 5 pillows in my bed at all times now. I love my "new" hip bones, but I also hate them. And what is it with the stomach thing? I realized recently that I can't do it either! I'm so upset because it was incredibly comfortable.
Well that's a bummer, I can't sleep on my stomach because it's to big, I was hoping when I lost the weight it would be comfy again...0 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »I am no longer traumatized by having blood drawn... the nurse hits my vein the first try now instead of having to try 2-3 per arm because the buggers kept on slipping further into the later of fat...
I might even consider signing up for blood donations now (if I even qualify since I lived in the US for 4 years...)
nice to know, I always thought it was just my veins, not the fat1 -
My tailbone. I can feel it like all the time.8
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I am just beginning my journey with more than 100 pounds to lose. I wish I knew somebody where I live to be a workout buddy or just a source of encouragement. It is hard to change and make good decisions by myself. My kids try to help (three teenagers) but sometimes when they are begging for junky stuff to eat I just cave in and blow it all to pieces. I am hoping to find some strength and motivation from this site and these posts.13
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simplytomya wrote: »I am just beginning my journey with more than 100 pounds to lose. I wish I knew somebody where I live to be a workout buddy or just a source of encouragement. It is hard to change and make good decisions by myself.
Where are you located?
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simplytomya wrote: »I am just beginning my journey with more than 100 pounds to lose. I wish I knew somebody where I live to be a workout buddy or just a source of encouragement. It is hard to change and make good decisions by myself. My kids try to help (three teenagers) but sometimes when they are begging for junky stuff to eat I just cave in and blow it all to pieces. I am hoping to find some strength and motivation from this site and these posts.
One of the biggest reasons I started my journey was for my kids. Not to live longer, per se, but because I saw I was teaching them the unhealthy eating habits I was taught as a kid and am now struggling to reverse. My husband has decent habits -- BECAUSE THATS ALL HE KNOWS. It blew my mind he never "dieted" because it was always a way of life. I realized I had the power to give my kids that. It started with leading by example, then teaching. I took the bag of cookies out of their hands (figuratively) and replaced with an apple with reduced fat peanut butter. Replaced chips with veggie straws (rare treat now). Swapped pop tarts with a healthy "shake" or smoothie for breakfast. They love it just as much, maybe more because they're having what I'm having.
Maybe similar steps can help? Maybe they can help look up recipes they might like for healthy but tasty snacks (no bake energy bites?) and be a part of the new journey with you. Perhaps you can begin to minimize bringing home what tempts you and more of what you feel good eating and giving your kids. You're still teaching and influencing them, you can still make an impact.
Sorry - went off topic a bit. But to circle back to main topic: what I never knew was that our eating habits are truly learned from birth and on. They weren't ours, they were someone else's habits. We have the power and right to make our own.21 -
livenfree45 wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »I am no longer traumatized by having blood drawn... the nurse hits my vein the first try now instead of having to try 2-3 per arm because the buggers kept on slipping further into the later of fat...
I might even consider signing up for blood donations now (if I even qualify since I lived in the US for 4 years...)
nice to know, I always thought it was just my veins, not the fat
Sometimes it IS just your veins. Fat or thin, nurses have the hardest time getting a needle into my veins. They're apparently just really narrow!2 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »livenfree45 wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »I am no longer traumatized by having blood drawn... the nurse hits my vein the first try now instead of having to try 2-3 per arm because the buggers kept on slipping further into the later of fat...
I might even consider signing up for blood donations now (if I even qualify since I lived in the US for 4 years...)
nice to know, I always thought it was just my veins, not the fat
Sometimes it IS just your veins. Fat or thin, nurses have the hardest time getting a needle into my veins. They're apparently just really narrow!
Ouch. That sucks. I'm so happy mine where just trying to hide behind the fat. Especially considering that I've had blood drawn nearly every two weeks since the beginning of summer... I'm getting really sick and tiered of getting stabbed with needles...0 -
Karen_can_do_this wrote: »I'm starting to get a bit judgemental of people and their fad diets. I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories.
This cracked me up!19 -
kenyonhaff wrote: »My tailbone. I can feel it like all the time.
I just had it this morning... and it hurts if you sit on hard surfaces too much. Stupid anatomy.3 -
How much easier and more enjoyable running would be now that I'm carting around ~45 few pounds! Now I look forward to my runs - at my heaviest, I still ran but really had to convince myself to do it.18
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Who knew that I would be looking forward to eating veggies more than the main protein18
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MissMaggieMuffin wrote: »How much easier and more enjoyable running would be now that I'm carting around ~45 few pounds! Now I look forward to my runs - at my heaviest, I still ran but really had to convince myself to do it.
^^This but 110 lb difference.13 -
That when you look at side by side before/after pictures, you'll struggle to wrap your head around the idea you're no longer the the before anymore.27
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livenfree45 wrote: »sytchequeen wrote: »maccabiah2013landers wrote: »-
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This^^^
For me, it's getting things out of the wardrobe I haven't been able to wear for a couple of years.
And WANTING to go to the gym instead of feeling like I should.
But I hate people trying to "feed me up" because I'm smaller now. I've realised how many people are feeders!
I love your profile pic
you should see the "before" picture - hahahahaha
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No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.
So true! Especially heart-breaking when it’s your husband.
Or adult son
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ridiculous59 wrote: »No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.
So true! Especially heart-breaking when it’s your husband.
Or adult son
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ladyreva78 wrote: »ridiculous59 wrote: »No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.
So true! Especially heart-breaking when it’s your husband.
Or adult son
Or father
Or your best friend in the entire world.
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